HOSPITAL SHOOTING

'I ONLY STARTED THIS FOR MY KIDS'

The 39-year-old husband, known only as Nurretin B. due to Germany’s strict privacy laws, attacked his wife following a poisonous break-up.

He had been arguing with his wife, known only as Kader K., about child support for their son.

The couple are Turks with Kurdish roots and married in an Islamic ceremony in March 2013. Their son was born in January 2014 and in May 2015 they parted.

The judge blasted the "outdated" views that the accused held about women in general and his wife in particular that had "no place in modern times".

Nurettin, who is a German citizen, is said to have routinely beaten and abused Kader when they were together and relations remained strained whenever they met to discuss their son's upbringing and maintenance payments.